Most common injuries - assembling a 1st aid kit

[Mario Cornejo]

Great topic, I carry the basic kit easily available at all pharmacies and I added electrolyte sachets, burn aid treatment, antihistamine, skin sun protector.

There is a UAE based business that sells off road products, among them a first aid molle pouch containing:

1 x Buckle Tourniquet (2.5 x 45cm)
1 x Emergency Blanket (130 x 210cm)
1 x Military Trauma Dressing (4inch)
1 x Pair of Nitrile Gloves
2 x Sterile Combine Dressings (10 x 20cm)
1 x Conforming Elastic Bandage (7.5 x 450cm)
1 x Disposable CPR Face Shield
1 x Pair of Shears (Scissors 18.5cm)
1 x Burn Dressing (40 x 60cm)
5 x Adhesive Band Aids (1.9 x 7.2 cm)

An item I am curious about, that I don't see included in first aid kits, is the combat gauze or "hemostatic dressing", perhaps in this forum we could get some feedback or opinion about including it or not in a first aid kit.

Cheers everyone!

 

[Jessica Lambert]

11 hours ago, Mario Cornejo said:

Great topic, I carry the basic kit easily available at all pharmacies and I added electrolyte sachets, burn aid treatment, antihistamine, skin sun protector.

There is a UAE based business that sells off road products, among them a first aid molle pouch containing:

1 x Buckle Tourniquet (2.5 x 45cm)
1 x Emergency Blanket (130 x 210cm)
1 x Military Trauma Dressing (4inch)
1 x Pair of Nitrile Gloves
2 x Sterile Combine Dressings (10 x 20cm)
1 x Conforming Elastic Bandage (7.5 x 450cm)
1 x Disposable CPR Face Shield
1 x Pair of Shears (Scissors 18.5cm)
1 x Burn Dressing (40 x 60cm)
5 x Adhesive Band Aids (1.9 x 7.2 cm)

An item I am curious about, that I don't see included in first aid kits, is the combat gauze or "hemostatic dressing", perhaps in this forum we could get some feedback or opinion about including it or not in a first aid kit.

Cheers everyone!

 

I added Celox granules to my order yesterday. Hemostatic products might not be included because they are a bit more expensive than the other standard items or that they are ideally stored at 25 degrees while general 1st aid kits are designed to be stored in uncontrolled environments?